The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Applications Support in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Chester region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Support
Rank - - 47
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 0 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester - - 0.424%
As % of the Job Titles category - - 0.457%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Average salary - - £18,000
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-3.07% +8.33%
All Job Titles
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
335 162 219
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 93.58% 100.00% 92.80%
Number of salaries quoted 180 134 211
Average salary £35,000 £31,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.90% +3.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £21,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,500 £45,900 £41,800
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Applications Support
Cheshire

Applications Support
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Applications Support across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Chester Applications Support Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Support
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Applications Support across the Chester region.

Chester Applications Support Salary Trend

Applications Support
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester region that cited Applications Support in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Applications Support in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) SAP APO
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) FMCG

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester region that cited Applications Support in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Applications Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP APO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP